Dyment Island

Dyment Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 74°8′S 102°2′W / 74.133°S 102.033°W / -74.133; -102.033Coordinates: 74°8′S 102°2′W / 74.133°S 102.033°W / -74.133; -102.033
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Dyment Island is a small island lying 9 kilometres (5 nmi) southwest of the McKinzie Islands in the inner-central part of Cranton Bay, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Donald I. Dyment, a U.S. Navy cook at Byrd Station, 1967.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dyment Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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